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> [old habits are hard to break, but not impossible!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/old-habits-are-hard-to-break-but-not-impossible/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

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## More by Pearl Cleage

> [It is a dangerous time to be a black woman in America. It’s a time when we are not safe in the streets or…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/it-is-a-dangerous-time-to-be-a-black-woman-in-america-it-s-a-time/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [“what looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/what-looks-like-crazy-on-an-ordinary-day-looks-a-lot-like-love-if-you/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [Loneliness is random; solitude is ritual.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/loneliness-is-random-solitude-is-ritual/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [We danced too wild, and we sang too long, and we hugged too hard, and we kissed too sweet, and howled just as loud…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/we-danced-too-wild-and-we-sang-too-long-and-we-hugged-too-hard-and-we/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [I truly love the rehearsal process, those eight hours a day! I really love actors.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/i-truly-love-the-rehearsal-process-those-eight-hours-a-day-i-really/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [If you don't annoy your big sister for no good reason from time to time, she thinks you don't love her anymore.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/if-you-don-t-annoy-your-big-sister-for-no-good-reason-from-time-to/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [That's why I love being a writer. My imagination can take me places I may never see except in my mind's eye.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/that-s-why-i-love-being-a-writer-my-imagination-can-take-me-places-i/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [“I need the words to find the music!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/i-need-the-words-to-find-the-music/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [Sometimes you have to show them what they want to see in order to get them to show you who they really are.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/sometimes-you-have-to-show-them-what-they-want-to-see-in-order-to-get/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [Buying flowers is not just a way to bring home beauty. It's an expression of confidence that better days are coming. It's a defiant…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/buying-flowers-is-not-just-a-way-to-bring-home-beauty-it-s-an/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [“Sometimes the contradictions in their lives are so intense they seem manufactured for teaching life lessons, but it's hard to keep up with what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/sometimes-the-contradictions-in-their-lives-are-so-intense-they-seem/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [“em,” she said softly. “That guy with the sexy voice told ’em to get ready”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/em-she-said-softly-that-guy-with-the-sexy-voice-told-em-to-get-ready/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [Domestic violence is the front line of the war against women.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/domestic-violence-is-the-front-line-of-the-war-against-women/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [When I got to the end of this play, I realized I was trying to make Angel do something that had not been justified…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/when-i-got-to-the-end-of-this-play-i-realized-i-was-trying-to-make/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

> [What looks like crazy on an ordinary day looks looks a lot like love if you catch it in the moonlight.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pearl-cleage/what-looks-like-crazy-on-an-ordinary-day-looks-looks-a-lot-like-love/)

[Pearl Cleage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pearl-cleage/)

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